P29/f259 Flaxbourne River (Paleocene of New Zealand)

Where: Marlborough, New Zealand (41.8° S, 174.2° E: paleocoordinates 57.4° S, 170.6° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• RP2 radiolarian zone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); lithified, cherty/siliceous limestone

• medium green-grey dm-bedded clay-poor calcareous porcellanite to siliceous limestone

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: C. J. Hollis, B. D. Field, K. M. Rodgers and C. P. Strong. 2003. Stratigraphic, paleontological and geochemical data from Upper Cretaceous and Lower Paleocene strata in southeastern Marlborough, New Zealand. Science Report Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences (9)1-64 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 95876: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.05.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
Eucyrtidiidae indet. Ehrenberg 1847 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Lithocampida
 Nassellaria - Amphipyndacidae
Amphipyndax ex gr. stocki Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Carpocaniidae
Theocapsomma amphora Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Artostrobiidae
 Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae
Dictyomitra andersoni Campbell and Clark 1944 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Phaseliformidae
Phaseliforma subcarinata Pessagno 1975 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Litheliidae
 Spumellaria - Spongodiscidae
Spongodiscidae indet. Haeckel 1862 radiolarian
Spongotrochus sp. Haeckel 1860 radiolarian
Tholodiscus cf. ocellatus Ehrenberg 1874 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Sponguridae
Sponguridae indet. Haeckel 1862 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Larnacillidae
 Spumellaria -
 Spumellaria - Stylosphaeridae
 Spumellaria -
Haliomma "sp. B" Ehrenberg 1838 radiolarian
 Radiolaria - Actinommidae
Actinomminae indet. Takahashi 1991 radiolarian
unclassified
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